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The Sports Quiz

Quiz MastersFaizan KhanAnkit Kumar

Round 1

• Pounce +15/-10• Bounce +10/ 0• 16 Questions ( 8 clockwise, 8 anticlockwise )

1.ID the guy here.

Bastian Schweinsteiger

2.• On April 30, 1993, top-ranked tennis player X was stabbed during a

match by a fan of rival player Steffi Graf.• X won nine Grand Slam singles titles, eight of them while a citizen of

Yugoslavia and the final as a citizen of United States of America. In 1990, X became the youngest-ever French Open champion at the age of 16. She went on to win eight Grand Slam singles titles before her 20th birthday and was the year-end World No. 1 in 1991 and 1992.

• X was listed as the 13th greatest player of all time (men and women) by (U.S.) Tennis magazine and was also one of 15 women named by Australian Tennis magazine as the greatest champions of the last 30 years (players were listed chronologically).

• Until her loss to Martina Hingis at the 1999 Australian Open, Seles had a perfect record at the event (33–0), which is the longest undefeated streak for this tournament .

• X was the first female tennis player to win her first six Grand Slam singles finals: 1990 French Open, 1991 Australian Open, 1991 French Open, 1991 US Open, 1992 Australian Open, and1992 French Open.

Monica Seles

3.CONNECT.

Dinner Set

• It is awarded to a player who’s achieved a career Grand Slam and a runner-up finish at each of the four Grand Slam tournaments. These are the only players who havee won it in the Open Era.Only Stefi Graf, Federer and Martina Navratilova have achieved this.

• X is a Swiss former professional tennis player. She reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of World No. 76 on 10 September 2001 and a doubles ranking of World No. 215 on 24 August 1998.

• X met Martina Navratilova, who thought she looked athletic and should try tennis. Navratilova later sent her a racquet and arranged for her first tennis lesson.In 2002 she teamed up with Y in the Hopman Cup.

• Prior to her retirement she was ranked in the mid-80s, though she was fractionally outside of the top 75 during the 2001 season.

• Her best Grand Slam performance was in 2001, when she reached the third round of the US Open.

• However, a recurring foot injury prevented Vavrinec from progressing further up the rankings, eventually forcing her retirement from competitive tennis in 2002. Following her retirement, she took on the role of Y's public relations manager, traveling with Y on tour.

• Who is X ?

Mirka Federer

• Miroslava "Mirka" Federer (Miroslava Vavrinec).

• Regina was born in Switzerland, to Jewish parents from Poland and Russia. Raised in St. Louis, Missouri,Regina became a teacher, registered nurse, and later a physician.After graduating from college in her teens, Regina traveled to Germany to visit her brother.

• It was there she met geneticist and future Nobel Prize winner, Hermann Joseph Muller, who persuaded Regina to move to Moscow to study medicine. She enrolled at I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, where she met Hans-Gerhardt, whom she married in November 1933.

• The reemergence of anti-Semitism under Joseph Stalin prompted Regina to go with Joan to Paris, France, where Regina became an English teacher. The threat of a German invasion led her and Joan to go to the United States in 1939. Hans-Gerhardt attempted to follow the pair but his German citizenship barred him from entering the United States.

• Regina became pregnant in June 1942 and gave birth to a son on March 9, 1943, at the Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago.

• On one occasion, Regina told a social worker that the last time she had ever seen Hans-Gerhardt was in 1939, four years before the son was born. On another occasion, she told the same social worker she had traveled to Mexico to see Hans-Gerhardt in June 1942 and that the son was conceived during that meeting.Paul Nemenyi, a Hungarian Jewish physicist and an expert in fluid and applied mechanics, may have been the biological father were first made public in a 2002. Identify the 'SON'.

Robert James “Bobby” Fischer

6.ID X and Y.

• Sitting position: In a X the paddler either kneels on the bottom of the boat or sits on a raised seat. In a Y the paddler sits on a low seat with their legs extended in front.

• Number of blades on the paddle: X paddle has a blade on one end, while a Y paddle is bladed at both ends.

• X= Canoe• Y= Kayak

7. ID X.

• X got a scholarship to study at Oxford.• X caused a furor in England when he declined to run

the 1500 meters in the 1948 London Olympics so he could concentrate on his medical studies. He did run in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, but finished fourth.

• X finished his medical degree and became a practicing neurologist and neuroscience researcher. Knighted in 1975, Sir X served as director of the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in London.

Sir Roger Bannister.

8. Whose biography is “Forgive me Amma” ?

SCORES

9.• X was established in 1889 and the team won its first

trophy in 1904.• In 1911 X created history by winning the IFA Shield after

defeating East Yorkshire Regiment 2–1 on July 29.• The 1911 winning team has been referred as The

Immortal 11 in a recent article.• The colours of X have traditionally been green and

maroon. In recent times though the club has used a more white dominant away kit for use in away matches.

Mohun Bagan

10.

• “X proof” is obviously a misnomer. Making a course longer would give the long hitters even more of an advantage and, as one of the longer hitters back in the day, give X even more of an edge. Probably a better approach to would be to make the course shorter to make the shorter hitters more competitive. Or simply make courses firmer and faster so that drives would carry through desirable landing areas and into rough, hazards, or other trouble. The problem is that all of these various strategies in design and set up have been tried and Woods has continued to distinguish himself. Some may point out the 2004 US Open at Shinnecock Hills as an example where a course was taken to the extreme in terms of firm and fast conditions and where X finished in a tie for 17th. However, the first 10 places had a diverse mix of players, some short hitters and some power players. Probably there were more shorter hitters in the mix than is usual on a very long, X-proofed, course, but such players as Goosen (who won), Michelson (2), and Els (T9) are not short hitters. As for this set up being used to counter X’s power game, he adapted his game to the fast and firm conditions at the 2006 British Open at Hoylake and won anyway, by hitting his driver only three times that week and relying on his long irons. So, X-proofing doesn’t work because he is (or was) too good. Other points many people overlook is that X is probably the best long iron player ever and has one of the best short games of any dominate player in history. He wins with the driver in the bag. There is no way to X-proof superior skill.

Tiger Proof.

11.

• X was established in April 1979 by Y and started operations in 1985, initially operating as a charter and air taxi service. One of the first jetliner types used by X was the British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven series 500 with these aircraft being leased from Romanian airline TAROM. It opened its headquarters in the X Building in Schwechat , Austria . Scheduled operations were licensed and initiated in 1987; and in 1990 licences for international flights were obtained. In 1989 X started its first long-haul flights from Vienna to Sydney and Melbourne, via Bangkok . In the 1990s, it started to fly its Sydney and Melbourne flights via Kuala Lumpur and Bali. Daily flights to Dubai, Cuba, and Miami via Munich followed.

• X was owned by Y during much of its existence and has been a charter airline subsidiary for leisure operations of Austrian Airlines at last. On 6 April 2013, Lauda Air ceased to exist and was replaced by Austrian myHoliday, a new brand name that is used for flights and leisure offers provided by Austrian Airlines.

Lauda Air by Niki Lauda

12. Who is he ?

Mr. Cub

• Ernest "Ernie" Banks, nicknamed "Mr. Cub" and "Mr. Sunshine",Chicago Cubs (1953-1971)

13. ID the sports person or the funda.

Brandi Chastain

• She is best known for her game-winning penalty shootout kick against China in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final and her celebration afterwards.

14. Connect the following Venues.

• Kolkata – Netaji Indoor Stadium• Bengaluru – Kanteerava Indoor Stadium• Delhi – Thyagaraj Sports Complex• Jaipur – Sawai Mansingh Stadium• Patliputra Sports Complex• Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports complex• Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium• National Sports Club of India Stadium

• Kolkata – Netaji Indoor Stadium• Bengaluru – Kanteerava Indoor Stadium• Delhi – Thyagaraj Sports Complex• Jaipur – Sawai Mansingh Stadium• Patna – Patliputra Sports Complex• Pune - Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports complex• Vizag - Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium• Mumbai - National Sports Club of India Stadium

Venues for ProKabaddi League.

15.• X (born 5 May 1984, Varanasi, India) is a shooting guard for the Indian

national women's basketball team. She represented the team at 2006 Commonwealth Games , 16th and 17th Asian Games . She comes from the Varanasi's "Basketball Family of India" whose four out of five sisters have either played or playing for Indian national team.

• X joined the Indian Women's Basketball Team in 2003 and became its captain. She played as captain in 3rd Asian Indoor Games were held in Vietnam on 30 October – 8 November 2009 and won Silver medal .

• X won GOLD Medal in Asian beach games at Sri Lanka in 2011. X is one of the top four A grade player of India selected and sponsored by Basketball Federation of India & IMG-Reliance. X won 23 Medals in prestigious National Championship/National Games/Federation Cup. She holds the National record of having most medals in National Championships. She is only women Basketball player in india to represent National team in one CWG 2006 & two Asian Games 2010, 2014 respectively.

Prashanti Singh

16.• X (literally "goat dragging" in Persian), also known as

kokpar kupkari and ulak tartysh is the Central Asian sport in which horse-mounted players attempt to drag a goat or calf carcass toward a goal. It is the national sport of Afghanistan, although it was banned under the Taliban regime.

• The national game of Afghanistan.• Whitney Azoy notes in his book X : Game and Power in

Afghanistan: " ... (that) leaders are men who can seize control by means foul and fair and then fight off their rivals. The X rider does the same"

Buzkashi

POWERPLAY ROUND

• 6 Questions.• All Questions are From World of Cricket.• Only Pounce.No Bounce.• For Powerplay +25/-15• Base Value +15/-5

1.

• When Star Network launched Hindi commentary before 2011 World Cup, they launched an Ad series by asking various commentators to relive their famous moments. What moment did DaDa relive ?

2. The day Richie Benaud stood up for principle over patriotism.

• “Let me just tell you what I think about it. I think it was a disgraceful performance from a captain that got his sums wrong today, and I think it should never be permitted to happen again.”

• Who is the Captain or What was the incident ?

Greg Chappel

• The Trevor Chappel Underarm Bowling Incident.

3.

• An unconventional fielding position, more commonly found in the lower reaches of the game, on the midwicket/long-on boundary.This term is said to have originated at Dulwich College where there was a corner of the field having group of ________. The fielder was dispatched at X. X was the fielding position.

The Cow Corner

4. Sachin Tendulkar dismissal in Adelaide, 1999

• The Glenn Mcgrath bouncer in Adelaide, 1999. Yes, that bouncer that did not bounce enough and Mcgrath appeared to appeal instinctively and for LBW and the umpire raised his finger. Tendulkar was stunned and the Indian fans weren't very happy about it either.

• Tendulkar thought it was an unfair decision. "It was a strange decision, because there was surely no way it would have gone on to hit the stumps," he wrote in his autobiography.

• "I read what he feels about in his book," McGrath said during an event in India in June this year. "Sachin is a small guy.“

What was so special about that dismissal ?

• It was Shoulder Before Wicket.

5. Id X.

• X was the highest run scorer in 1992 CWC and was named the Player of the Tournament. He is till date only Captain to win Player of the Tournament at the World Cup.

• When Guptill reached his 200 by hitting a six , he showed two fingers towards the pavillion, commentators interpreted that he was signaling towards X as he was only guy to hit the ball over the pavillion of that specific ground.

Martin Crowe

6. During the India Pakistan clash in CWC 2015, X was doing

commentary on Star Sports 3 and he started slow. But soon he picked

up the pace and finished off in style. Though his commentary lasted only for an hour it was a delight for everyone. Who is X ?

Amitabh Bachchan

Buzzer Round

• 15 Questions• +10/-10• Pressing the buzzer and not answering will

result in a -10.• You don’t have to wait for me to finish or even

start reading the question! If you think you got it, go ahead!

• All decisions of the QM are final.• Pro Tip: All the answers are crackable, so don’t

go wild and break the buzzers on the first day! XD

Q1. The first two Border–Gavaskar Trophy Test matches between Australia and India, to have been held in early December, 2015, were rescheduled due to certain incident.

• The player X was named and listed as "the 13th man" for the first Test, and his test cap number 408 was sewn under the badge of all Australian players and painted on the field, and there were 63 seconds of applause before the start of the match.

• During the first Test, David Warner and Steve Smith both raised their bats in commemoration of X when they passed 63 not out, and when Australia reached 408 runs the match temporarily stopped as the crowd recognised the occasion.

Give me X and the incident.

Tribute to Phil Hughes

Q2. “Stop it or I’ll kill him.”— X.

• “Everybody’s always talkin’,” said X in January of 1973. “They think they can talk me out of winnin’ a fight. Talkin’ don’t mean nothing.”

• The talking that was bothering X on this day was the speculation as to whether or not he was up to the challenge of facing reigning all-time great heavyweight champion and vanquisher of Muhammad Ali, Y.

• Less than two minutes into the fight, X stunned Y with series of punches and then sent him down to the canvas with a right uppercut. Y turned to rubber sinking to the canvas, utterly abandoned by his body. He mastered it again quickly but and was swiftly re-introduced to the canvas. Y did get up, he always got up, but on this night it was only to be knocked back down. One blow sent him skipping into the air and down to the canvas on one knee. “Stop it or I’ll kill him,” said X.

• It is possible that no great heavyweight has ever been so completely mastered.

• Give me X and Y. (in that order)

X- George Foreman, Y- Joe Frazier in The Sunshine Showdown

Q3. In one of the most famous opening ceremonies of the Olympics, rather than having someone simply walk up to the cauldron and light it with a relay torch, organizers decided to go for the dramatic.

• When the torch arrived in the middle of the stadium, paralympic archer Antonio Rebello used the flame to ignite an arrow, which he then fired over the crowd towards the cauldron perched on the outer rim of the stadium.

• The cauldron was gradually releasing fuel into the air, so when the flaming arrow passed over it, the whole thing ignited in one of the better spectacles in Olympic history.

• Which Olympics had this great spectacle in its opening ceremony? (video on next slide)

BARCELONA, 1992

Q4. The opening ceremony in Seoul, 1988 is best remembered for one of the most notable gaffes in the history of the spectacle.

• Organizers released a flock of doves as a symbol of peace, but did so before lighting the Olympic Cauldron.

• What happened as a result, which is something you do not want to see at the start of the Olympic ceremony?

The Doves, symbols of Peace, were roasted in the Cauldron! (Hope there were no PETA activists in the crowd XD)

Q5. X is an annual international robotics competition proposed and founded in 1997.

• The aim is to promote robotics and AI research, by offering a publicly appealing, but formidable challenge.

• In 2015 the world's competition was held in Hefei, China. X 2016 will be held in Leipzig, Germany.

• The official goal of the project: "By the middle of the 21st century, a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot soccer players shall win a soccer game, complying with the official rules of FIFA, against the winner of the most recent World Cup."

Give me X. (video on next slide)

The RoboCup

Q6. ID the lyrics. I need only one keyword.

Q7. • Louis Meyer, its first recipient remarked, "Winning the X Trophy is like winning an

Olympic medal."

• The trophy, which has been presented in the winner's circle since 1936, is a very large, multi-tiered item. Enscriped are the winners' name, year of victory, and average speed.

• This information is alternated with the faces in a checkerboard pattern.

• On the top of the trophy is an unclothed man waving a checkered flag. Because this man is depicted naked, after the tradition of ancient Greek athletes, the trophy is most often photographed so that the man's arm is swooping down in front of him.

• Give me both the name of the trophy and who is it awarded to?

Borg-Warner Trophy, Awarded to the Indianapolis-500 winners.

Q8. ID the guy “layin’ around” in this pic. (Big hint in the picture)

Notice the Tour de France Yellow Jerseys

Q9. • This (weird) Olympic tradition probably stems from the age old practice of testing

whether something was really solid gold or not as Gold is a very soft metal, and if it’s fairly pure, you should be able to leave some marks in it, hence verifying its contents.

• "It's become an obsession with the photographers," says Wallechinsky, co-author of "The Complete Book of the Olympics." "I think they look at it as an iconic shot, as something that you can probably sell. I don't think it's something the athletes would probably do on their own."

• It's not just an Olympic phenomenon, though. Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal famously does this with his trophies when he wins.

• What tradition am I talking about?

Biting your Medal/Trophy

Q10. • X is not a common name, and this could be because it is actually a special type of

Japanese beef.

• X’s parents were eating in a Japanese steakhouse in Philadelphia called X, and they clearly had such a good time that they decided to name their son after the restaurant.

• During the 2001 Finals, which saw the Lakers take on the Philadelphia 76ers, the steakhouse temporarily changed its name to ‘The Answer’ in support of Allen Iverson and the 76ers. X was clearly not amused, as the Lakers dominated the series 4-1.

• Give me X.

Kobe Bryant

Q11. • "You're the One for Me" (Hindi: Haan Main Tumhara Hoon) is a song written by X

during the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy in India.

• It was released as a duet featuring X and Bollywood star Asha Bhosle.

• The lyrics were reportedly written in 30 minutes by X between practice sessions at the Champions Trophy.

• "You're the One for Me" has achieved relative success in India, owing greatly to X's cult status as an international Cricketer and Bhosle's popularity as a Bollywood singer. Upon release, the song debuted at #4 on the Indian Singles Chart and reached as high as #2.

• Give me X.

Q12. • Made of 10,000 bricks, this is a 27 feet high and 15 feet wide structure, erected just a

few steps into the Chinnaswamy stadium.

• The structure was unveiled by master batsman Sachin Tendulkar at a brief ceremony in Bangalore.

• What is so special about this structure? (pic on next slide)

A “Wall” made in tribute to “The Wall” Rahul Dravid

It is a tribute to Rahul Dravid “The Wall”. The highlight of the structure is a large metal statue of Dravid playing his trademark cover-drive.

Q13. Give me the funda from the pic (next slide).

The Sports Illustrated Cover Jinx acknowledged in a 2002 issue of SI

Q14. Give me the name/funda behind this hilarious theory (next slide).

The Aaron Ramsey Curse

Q15. (A long question, don’t be too eager on the buzzer!)So British Airways messed up big time. Here’s how:

British Airways promptly replied, but they made it even worse:

Now tell me what is being blanked out?

Maria Sharapova!

Connect

• 7 slides• Marks are written on each slide• Only a whole connect• List is definitely not exhaustive

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All of these have famous trophies named after them

• The Wanamaker Trophy (Golf) - Rodman Wannamaker

• The Larry O’Brien NBA Championship Trophy – Larry O’Brien

• The Heisman Trophy (American College Football) – John Heisman

• Vince Lombardi Trophy (NFL) – Vince Lombardi• The Jules Rimet Trophy (FIFA World Cup) –

Jules Rimet• The Border-Gavaskar Trophy- Allan Border &

Sunil Gavaskar• The Stanley Cup – Lord Stanley